Center Staff

Our staff members strive to be advocates for the gay lesbian bisexual transgender and ally community by facilitating collaborative relationships and communication between the students, the campus, and the Bryan/College Station community.

Lowell Kane

Lowell is the coordinator of the GLBT Resource Center.  He also serves as advisor for the GLBTA, Aggie ALLY facilitator and committee member, Vice President of the GLBT Professional Network, and holds a two year appointment on the Texas A&M University System Chancellor’s Council on Diversity.  In 2009, Lowell received the Diversity Service Award from the Department of Mulicultural Services at Texas A&M University and Advisor of the Year for working with the GLBT Aggies, and is the proudest Fish Camp Namesake for the Class of 2013.  He is also an alum of the Social Justice Training Institute (Summer 2009).  Lowell has been an advocate and leader in the GLBT community for over a decade, and has held leadership positions in New York (his home state) and Texas (his adopted home).  

Along with his team-oriented staff, Lowell is dedicated to providing a supportive environment that promotes education, awareness, safety, and social justice through exciting and interactive programs and events.  By establishing and maintaining close ties with students, faculty, staff, university departments, and the community, Lowell has witnessed the GLBT Resource Center grow into a space which welcomes the entire spectrum of diversity that is represented within the Aggie Family. 

Chelsea Ann Noriega

Chelsea Ann Noriega is a Student Worker in the GLBT Resource Center. She is a junior Women’s and Gender Studies major from Rosenberg, TX. She also participates in the Student Diversity Alliance, The Matthew Gaines Lecture Series on Race & Ethnicity, GLBTA, Aggie Allies, Aggie Democrats, and is the President of the Texas A&M Chapter of the National Organization for Women. Chelsea is interested in social justice, anti-racism, feminism, history and promoting the free exchange of ideas. She plans on getting her Ph.D. in History & Women’s Studies, being a professor, and empowering others through the pursuit of knowledge.

Shelby Ann Modisett

Howdy! My name is Shelby Ann Modisett and I am the proudest member of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of 2010, WHOOP!   I am a Psychology Major and a Sociology Minor originally from Abilene, Texas.  When I’m not in class, studying, or working, I volunteer on the Student Counseling Services HelpLine. 

I’m so excited to be working at the GLBT Resource Center this year because I love meeting new people and because I enjoy taking an active role in the GLBT community on the Texas A&M Campus. 

Rebecca Ann McGovney-Ingram

Rebecca Ann McGovney-Ingram is in the final year of her Ph.D. in agricultural leadership, education, and communications.  She is focusing on diversity in student affairs, and has researched white privilege, feminization, gendered images, and minority student development and retention within agricultural communications. 

Although Rebecca is from Spring, Texas, this is the first time she has attended college in state.  She has a B.S. in Mass Communication-Journalism from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and a M.S. in Agricultural Communication with a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. 

Rebecca has previously served as the Chair of the Diversity SIG and co-coordinator of the Social Responsibilities Roundtable in ACE, an agricultural communications professional organization, and the Chair of the Women’s Progress Awards Committee at Texas A&M.  She is currently serving as Vice-President of the Agricultural Leadership, Education, & Communications Graduate Student Society and is an Aggie Ally.

Michelle Ann Gardner